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A Conversation Between Billy Beane and Milton Bradley
2007-06-23 09:27
by Score Bard

"You've finally healed your physique!
You hold a consecutive streak
Of one ballgame played.
So therefore, a trade
Will happen in less than a week."

"I don't really want to critique
A brilliant GM's technique,
But I think I just saw
That your plan has a flaw:
Ow!  I just pulled my oblique."

Stupid Humbug Stat Tricks - Astros Eleven edition
2007-06-21 08:57
by dianagramr

Last night, the Astros extended to eight their franchise record for consecutive games with at least 11 hits, in an 8-6 loss to the Angels.

Here are the other instances of teams with exactly eight consecutive games with at least 11 hits in the last 50 years:

Team Streak Start Streak End W L AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SO BB SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS
HOU 6/13/2007 6/20/2007 4 4 299 54 105 26 3 9 53 50 27 3 3 .351 .410 .548 .958
TEX 8/7/2006 8/15/2006 5 3 291 68 102 28 1 17 62 37 34 4 3 .351 .417 .629 1.046
MIN 7/14/2006 7/21/2006 8 0 281 55 104 16 6 7 53 31 19 4 3 .370 .410 .544 .954
STL 7/26/2004 8/4/2004 6 2 324 57 108 25 2 16 54 55 31 6 3 .333 .390 .571 .961
TEX 4/30/2000 5/8/2000 6 2 308 72 113 21 1 15 70 48 29 3 1 .367 .424 .588 1.012
ARI 9/18/1999 9/26/1999 7 1 301 66 105 13 4 14 62 35 46 6 3 .349 .434 .558 .992
KCR 7/19/1999 7/27/1999 4 4 300 66 113 20 4 13 61 33 33 6 2 .377 .432 .600 1.032
SEA 5/24/1999 6/1/1999 5 3 300 76 106 21 3 21 74 42 50 3 2 .353 .442 .653 1.095
TEX 7/2/1997 7/12/1997 5 3 285 65 91 23 1 9 61 63 30 4 0 .319 .383 .502 .885
PIT 9/9/1996 9/15/1996 5 3 308 58 101 21 1 4 52 44 38 10 3 .328 .409 .442 .851
CHW 6/2/1996 6/10/1996 7 1 313 61 105 19 2 11 60 50 41 8 0 .335 .412 .514 .926
ATL 7/20/1993 7/27/1993 7 1 318 81 124 17 2 21 74 38 28 4 1 .390 .438 .654 1.092
CLE 9/19/1959 4/19/1960 4 4 322 46 103 11 2 5 44 43 22 2 2 .320 .367 .413 .780

The Major League record for consecutive games with at least 11 hits (since 1957)? Yup ... 11, by the 1992 Mariners and the 1979 Cardinals (each went 8-3 in those 11 games).

Chicago Chaos
2007-06-16 12:49
by Ember Nickel

Rain soaks the L flag.
Was it just another loss?
Trace it back in time:

Fly ball to left field.
Demoralized team's last three
Outs come without fight.

Home run. We are drained,
Too silent to understand.
After so much...why?

Simple, blooper hit.
Immortality had been
Just five outs away.

Tension builds. Fans that
Watch at home curl into the
Fetal position.

Even afterwards
We're left with a magic tinge
That might see us through.

Insanity reigns.
All the beauty, thrown away.
Nobody knows why.

Not so far into
The game, hopeful fans recall
Verlander's triumph.

Soriano's hit
Lingers in the background on
A hot, muggy day.

Out at the ballpark
Anything is possible.
Fans coalesce...dream.

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